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The Boilerplate

For fighting made

Steam breathing man

With mind of his own

So many fights

So many wars

They were reflected

In your robot eyes

Times

They keep secrets away

From your eyes

Saved lives of men

Antarctic ice

You left your homeland

For greatest war

When people killed

Without remorse

You have no life

You have nothing to fear

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

They said: “You must fight

Fighting to the end”

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

You know you will leave

Foolish stay with war

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

They said: “You must fight

To all wars' end.”

Times

They keep secrets away

From your eyes

Why did they create

The Boilerplate?

To prevent the deaths of men at war

In the nation's conflicts of the world

Death has no full power over steel

Designed for the self-proclaimed purpose

Of preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations

The Boilerplate disappeared in the First World War

Obviously having no desire to participate in the war actions

The use of force

The use of violence

To solve all problems

Is the disease of mankind

The brightest minds

Of all mankind

Can't understand

That killing's no way out

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

They said: “You must fight

Fighting to the end”

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

You know, you will leave

Foolish stay with war

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

Boilerplate, Boilerplate

They said: “You must fight

To all wars' end”